Lily's pov:
"Can I go now?" I hissed.
He was panting hard, a wild look in his eyes. I've never seen him look so feral. So unhinged. And that's saying something because unhinged was his perpetual resting b***h face.
"No," he growled.
Turning back to Aiden with a glare, I snapped at him. "What do you want from me now?"
Lowly, wickedly, he grinned, some of his cold cruelty coming back. "Everything," he rasped, twirling strands of my hair in his fingers.
"I just-" he was still panting, grinning. I've never seen madness look so regal in a person's eyes before. "I just want to swallow you up."
I took a step back, my heart racing, pounding dangerously fast in my ears.
His eyes. That predatory shine… he meant it. In whatever dark, metaphoric way, he meant that statement.
"I did what you
